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Henriette Ronner-Knip Biographie
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1836 |
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At the age of fifteen, she sold her first painting in an exhibition at Dusseldorf. She received her earliest tuition from her father Joseph Augustus Knip (1777-1847).
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1850 |
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Married Telco Ronner and they moved to Brussels where she was to spend the rest of her life.
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1850 |
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The ‘Natura Artis Magistra’ Society of Amsterdam elected her to membership.
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1860 |
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Exhibited a painting entitled La mort d’un ami which was highly acclaimed, establishing her reputation as a painter of dogs.
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1861 |
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She was made a member of merit in the Academy of Painting and Drawing in Rotterdam.
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1874 |
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The King of The Netherlands presented her with a ‘Unique Medal of Merit’ .
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1876 |
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The Queen of Belgium commissioned her to paint two of her favourite lap-dogs and the success of these works led to many more commissions.
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1876 |
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Wins artistic medal at the Centennial Exhibition held in Philadelphia
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1883 |
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Wins gold medal at the Colonial and International Exposition held in Amsterdam
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1883 |
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Silver medal at the Universal Exhibition held in Edinburgh in 1883.
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1887 |
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Ronner Knip was awarded the Cross of the Order of Léopold by Léopold II King of the Belgians, an honour rarely bestowed upon a woman artist.
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1891 |
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In 1891, a Henriette Ronner Album was published with twelve reproductions of her most famous works.
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The work of Henriette Ronner-Knip is represented in several museums including the Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam and the Dordrechts Museum.
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Among her most prestigious clients were the King of Hanover, Don Fernando King of Portugal, Emperor Wilhelm I King of Prussia, Baron Tindal of Amsterdam, the Duchess of Edinburgh and the Princess of Wales.
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